VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2001-1452
By default, DNS servers on Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 Server cache glue records received from non-delegated name servers, which allows remote attackers to poison the DNS cache via spoofed DNS responses.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 9.38%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
By default, DNS servers on Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 Server cache glue records received from non-delegated name servers, which allows remote attackers to poison the DNS cache via spoofed DNS responses.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 9.38% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-346
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows nt
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB%3Ben-us%3Bq241352Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/109475Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6791Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3675Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB%3Ben-us%3Bq241352Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/109475Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6791Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3675Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.